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Eguavoen Names An Unchanged Starting Lineup For Sudan Game

Nigeria’s Super Eagles will face the Sudanese national team in less than one hour from this report in their second Group D game of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations with the exact lineup that defeated Egypt 1-0 in their first game of the tournament reports Prime Business Africa.

As scooped by PBA, the interim coach Austin Eguavoen played his starting lineup in the probable side that prosecuted the last training session on Friday evening.

Maduka Okoye retains his place as the first choice goalkeeper while Kenneth Omeruo returns from an injury setback to partner captain William Troost Ekong in central defence.

Wilfred Ndidi, Joe Aribo and Kelechi Iheanacho will be in action in midfield while Moses Simon and Samuel Chukwueze both start on the wings meaning that Union Berlin striker Taiwo Awoniyi will lead the line again.

The game starts at 5pm and a win will ensure Nigeria’s qualification to the round of 16 stages.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.